Dan Duquette was surly. My only Hinkie experience is his resignation letter and that seemed like a letter written by a person with good personal skills.Instead, he is Dan Duquette. At least with personal relations.
Dan Duquette was surly. My only Hinkie experience is his resignation letter and that seemed like a letter written by a person with good personal skills.Instead, he is Dan Duquette. At least with personal relations.
I agree with this. During my basketball adventures I met and interviewed with Sam Hinkie's front office; the guy was a little weird in that I-love-math sort of way but was affable, engaging, and very pleasant. Took no bullshit, gave no bullshit. I was genuinely impressed with him, which I would not say about...most...of the GMs or front-office staff I ran across (including some of his staff).But do you actually know what you're talking about? Everyone says he is easy to engage and talk to about anything.
Btw, Bowiac maybe right, but let's not get revisionist here. Hinkie wasn't fired because he was lacking interpersonal skills. He was fired because a large part of the fan base was tired of losing and the NBA didn't like the optics of a team deliberately not trying to win.bowiac nails it right here.
Let's get right to the bottom line then and eliminate the reports of Hinkie's operational failures as simply noise designed to kick him on the way out to save face.Btw, Bowiac maybe right, but let's not get revisionist here. Hinkie wasn't fired because he was lacking interpersonal skills. He was fired because a large part of the fan base was tired of losing and the NBA didn't like the optics of a team deliberately not trying to win.
Just start a new thread. Call it "Process over, results time" or something actually witty.Good job mods. You let all the other shit go and lock the sixers thread as it comes time to answer the questions asked and debated in the beginning.
To London's point......what is the point of this? It's essentially a Sixers rebuilding thread.....when did that process end? I don't see any reason for that thread to be locked when the discussion in it are still relevant.Just start a new thread. Call it "Process over, results time" or something actually witty.
trying to discourage megathreads I would guess.To London's point......what is the point of this? It's essentially a Sixers rebuilding thread.....when did that process end? I don't see any reason for that thread to be locked when the discussion in it are still relevant.
I hear you, the example being putting this stuff in it.The problem is that the other thread was a catch all for all things Sixers.
We even know Janos/Ainge has been talking with John Henry:
NBA >>>>
Hard thinking isWhy start a new topic on this Twitter story when you can bury it in a 4 year old megathread that's only tangentially related? Just the thought of starting a new thread, the typing involved, the thinking...I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
Amazing.
This changes everything and nothing.
It doesn't really matter at this point, does it? His own players, much less prospective free agents, are never going to trust him again.Colangelo emailed Yahoo Sports, maintained his innocence, says someone is setting him up.
My initial thought, but...Or he used his wife’s phone to set up the accounts.
Yes 100%. Same issue applies—who is going to play for a GM who airs your dirty laundry to his wife, who in turn airs it to the world?My initial thought, but...
What happens if it was her? He’s credibility with his players is still shot, but can you shitcan him over it?
For what it's worth, as someone who goes back on SoSH basketball discussion to the single NBA thread in the general sports forum I could not disagree more with the above statement. The Sixers thread is, to me, a great example of a single-topic thread that has stuck around but which (if you look at the pages) does a pretty good job of allowing people to look at 'the process' over a bunch of years. Having a single thread allowed lots of engaged discussion to occur about that topic (albeit with some issues along the way). It's not perfect, and sure---there's sub-things like the Colangelo discussion that merit a separate thread. But that doesn't mean kill the parent thread, imo.The problem is that the other thread was a catch all for all things Sixers. If you actually wanted to follow a discussion about the process you have to sort through so much other discussion it's nearly impossible to do. We should have at least 3 or 4 Sixers threads right now.
Wouldn't you be inclined to suspend him right now as the owner? That lets you save face publicly, while privately it can mean basically nothing (he can still do anything he otherwise would be doing). And if you find out he was set up, you come out in support of him and criticize the faker, etc. If you find out it was him, you fire him and you look like you were prudent to immediately suspend him.No comment.
But seriously I would have discussed it with people here first.
I see no way he can stay. And the sooner they move on the better. Time is of the essence.
Unless they drag out an investigation until the draft let him do the draft and then move. Risk both ways really.
But he has to go. I do understand the sixers need to look into it, and can't just kneejerk to an accusation, which doesn't have a smoking gun. But I mean above ALL he is slagging off Fultz, after going all in on him.
You have to be supportive or silent. You cannot make that trade and then turn on the kid and throw him under the bus. You cannot.
Who is going to play? Pretty much anyone so long as they have the cap space to payYes 100%. Same issue applies—who is going to play for a GM who airs your dirty laundry to his wife, who in turn airs it to the world?
probably someone based in Silicon Valley, surrounded by tech nerds who could use this as a test case to sabotage corporate executives and politicians everywhereI think that people are too quick to assume that these Twitter accounts are in fact, Colangelos. It is completely possible that a clever, media savvy person could do this and then set him up to fall. Of course, it would have to be someone who had a grudge against him. Someone who had an intimate knowledge of the 76ers front office. Someone who was high enough in the organization to have Colangelos personal phone number and to know details of his professional and personal life.
But most importantly, he or she would have to be patient. They would have to be willing to defer gratification, a true believer in the idea that revenge is a dish best served cold. A person who would be willing to but up with along involved process....
Eh, never mind.
I mean what star is going to sign there with this hanging over the franchise? Not Lebron, who has only ever played for his hometown and for Pat Riley. They need to make him disappear asap. It’s not like he’s adding any particular value anyway, despite what Eric Jr. thinks.Who is going to play? Pretty much anyone so long as they have the cap space to pay
Well, the tweets that were at the same time he was actually talking to the media give me pause, if that checks out.You guys are crazy if you don’t think this is Colangelo himself.
Right - either way, he was careless with confidential trade/medical/personal information. Not to mention that the excuse just seems a little too convenient. Not only will people he has to work with no longer trust him, but he'd also carry around the additional stench of seemingly being someone who threw his wife (or his son) under the bus to save his career.Yes 100%. Same issue applies—who is going to play for a GM who airs your dirty laundry to his wife, who in turn airs it to the world?
Yes. All of the accounts used his email address for recovery.Or he used his wife’s phone to set up the accounts.
It’s the wife.You guys are crazy if you don’t think this is Colangelo himself. I’d be absolutely shocked if he wasn’t fired by Friday night. Come to think of it Friday would be the perfect time to do it, heading into the weekend and before game 1&2 of the finals where it can act as a slight distraction when the Warriors blow out the Cavs in game 1, but then also be quickly forgotten when Game 2 starts.
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